Wash-basin



(No Model.)

A. C. HAWES.

WASH BA SIN.

Patented June 26, 1883.

N. PETEHS. Phalolithogmplmr. Washington. D. C.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARNOLD C. HAVES, OF NQROTON, CONNECTICUT.

WASH-BASIN.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 279,943, dated June 26, 1883,

I Application filed February 24,1883. (No model.)

T0 at whom it may concern: I v

Be it known that I, ARNOLD C. HAWES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Noroton, in the county of Eairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in VVasl1-Basins,whereby sewergas is prevented from passing through the same into the room in which the basin is situated; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawing, and letters of reference marked thereon, forming part of this my specification of said invention,

In the drawing, which represents partly in section and elevation my invention, A indirates the usual slab, to which the basin B is applied, as shown, the basin B communicating with a reservoir, 0, beneath through a discharge-pipe, c, and overflow-pipe d, the lower ends of both the discharge and overflow pipes terminating just above the bottom of the reservoir O, as indicated in the figure. The reservoir O has a bowl-shaped bottom portion,c, and thus will hold a quantity of water at all times in which the pipes c and dare partly immersed, the discharge ends of the pipes bcing always a considerable distance below the level of the water in the reservoir, as indicated. This reservoir communicates through a short pipe, f, and waste-pipe faucet E with a waste-pipe, F, leading into the sewer-pipe of the building in which the water-basin is situated.

E represents a water-supply faucet, provided with a discharge-nozzle, 6, over the basin B, and communicates with a water-supply pipe, E through a short connectingpipe, f. The waste-pipe faucet E and water-supply faucet E are situated directly one above the other, as indicated, and are connected together by a connecting-rod, G. The lower end of this con necting-rod is made, as shown, so as to clasp on both sides of the flattened stem 9 of the fan-- cet valve-plug g of the waste-pipe faucet E, a pin, *6, being passed through the clasping portions 7; t of the rod G and the flattened stem 9 of the faucet valve-plug 9, while at its upper end the rod G is in like manner c011 nected with the lower end of the faucet valveplug 9 of the water-supply faucet E, and by this means,wlien the upper \"al\"'e-plug, is turned by its handle 71, the rod G and the lower valve-plug, g, of the waste-pipe faucet E will be coincidently turned, either to the right or to the left, as the case may be, either to let on erly turning its handle 71 ,the faucetE will also I be opened, and when the faucet E is closed the faucet E will be closed also, thereby pre cluding the possibility of any sewer-gas entering the reservoir 0 from the waste-pipe F, provided the valve-plug g is made to fit gastight in its seat; and in case the valve-plug y should become worn by use and need refitting, it can readily be withdrawn from its seat by driving out the pin 1', thus disconnecting the rod G from its flattened stem 1' H is a ventilating-pipe which communicates with the outer atmosphere, and has connec tion with the reservoir 0 through a pipe, 71, as shown, and by this means all offensive smell of stagnant water in the reservoir is carried off, while at the same time, in case the reservoir 0 should at any time become fully or nearly charged with water from the basin B, the ventilating-pipe H will supply air to the reservoir 0 during the act of the discharge of its contents into the wastepipe E, thereby insuring a rapid discharge. It is manifest that while the faucet E is discharging water into the basin B simultaneous with the discharge of water from the reservoir C no gas can enter the reservoir 0 from the waste-pipe F, and, further, that when the water is cut off from flowing into the basin B the water flow ing from the reservoir 0 will be simultaneously cut off, and thus all gas from the wastepipe F will be effectually cut off; but if by possibility gas should pass into the resermoms The combination of the basin B, provided 10 voir 0 through the faucet E it cannot en- I with pipes c and (Z, with reservoir 0, provi ded ter the pipes d or 0, as they are always i111- mersed in water in the bowl 0, as shown; and with a bowl-shaped bottom, 0, and an outlet if the water-line in the bowl 0 should happen pipe and Ventilatingpipes h and H, substan to be on the level indicated in the drawing, then the gas would pass out through hinto H, and thence into the outer atmosphere.

What I claim as myinventi 011 and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

tially as and for the purpose described.

ARNOLD HAYVES.

Vitnesses: Y

E. F. PAYNE, H. I. XVILLOOX. 

